Mnemonic comic for 寿

Translation

shòu = sh + ou4: long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).

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寿 character breakdown

fēng = f + (e)ng1
luxuriant / buxom / variant of 豐|丰[feng1] / variant of 風|风[feng1] / appearance / charm
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cùn = cu + (e)n4
a unit of length / inch / thumb
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fēng = f + (e)ng1
abundant / plentiful / fertile / plump / great
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Characters with 寿 as component

dào = d + ao4
chóu = ch + ou2
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táo = t + ao2

Words with 寿

(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
burial clothes
to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
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